1+ hour, 24+ min ago   (859+ words) Can we have too many of a certain animal in the wild? Well, if you want to bring this up at the barbershop or at the counter in the gun store, be ready for long discussions and possibly heated words…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (691+ words) TWELVE years have passed since the Nero Perla mutation first appeared and gained international recognition by the COM. Italian canary breeder and COM/OMJ judge Carlo Maria Nobili, in whose birds the mutation occurred, has worked tirelessly with fellow Italian…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (332+ words) September 17th Public Hearing Will Consider Appeal Asking for Improvements to Protect Mature Forests and Connected Wildlife Habitat September 10, 2026 (Augusta, ME) – More than 2,000 Mainers have signed a petition calling for improvements to a flawed conservation plan that Central Maine Power (CMP)…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (379+ words) Sep 10, 2026, 07:00 AM FR · ES · DE · PT A broad comparison of plants across five continents reveals the same link: species that grow slowly tend to reach an older age. In trees, this relationship was already well documented through annual growth rings....

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (285+ words) As I was walking along the Des Moines Marina sidewalk next to the fishing pier, as usual I popped my head over the railing to see what was happening below. Starfish, crabs, perhaps a seal. But this time, something else…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (611+ words) 09/09/2026 by Madeleine Sherer A group of more than 80 volunteers recently descended upon locations across Pender County here on the coast, as well as sites in Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland and Robeson counties, to participate in the most recent “Bat Blitz,” a…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (768+ words) The flora and fauna in Glenbrook Ravine are gradually changing as restoration of a “true natural gem” in New Westminster continues. During the past nine years, hundreds of volunteers have removed invasive species and planted native plants as part of…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (187+ words) Most jellyfish don't need proper eyes. Here's why box jellyfish do Most jellyfish are passive feeders, this means that species such as moon jellyfish don’t need proper eyes, and instead possess simple, light-sensitive ‘eye-spots’ or ‘ocelli’ that detect light and…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (919+ words) By Rabbi Yair Hoffman New York (VINNEWS/Rabbi Yair Hoffman) In the late 1800s, large parts of Eretz Yisroel were swamp. Mosquitoes bred in the standing water, and malaria killed settlers by the thousands. In some settlements, rachmana litzlan, the death…...

6+ day, 24+ min ago   (751+ words) Give nature a little breathing room, and what comes back may surprise you. That’s one of the lessons waiting along the trails at Skipper Horton Park in Greenport, where native plants have begun reclaiming ground after invasive species were removed,…...